A two-dimensional micro-scale model for crystal dissolution and precipitation in a porous medium is presented. The local geometry of the pore is represented as a thin strip. The model allows for changes in the pore volume. A formal limiting argument leads to a system of 1D effective upscaled equations. The effective equations allow for travelling wave solutions. Existence and uniqueness of thes...

Activated carbon fiber (ACF) as extraction fiber for solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and its application for the analysis of banned organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were investigated. Firstly, ACF was activated by different concentration of zinc chloride, which indicated that ACF activated by 60% zinc chloride had a reasonable specific surface area, pore volume and pore distribution. Secondl...

Titania microspheres were synthesized using hydrothermal methods to exploit a new liquid chromatography stationary phase. The prepared titania microspheres were approximately 7 μm in diameter, and the particle size distribution was relatively narrow and uniform. Furthermore, the average specific surface area was 276.0 m2·g−1, the average pore volume was approximately 0.25 mL·g−1, and the pore d...

In the present study, an extended two-pore theory is presented where the porous pathways are continuously distributed according to small- and large-pore mean radii and SDs. Experimental glomerular sieving data for Ficoll were analyzed using the model. In addition, several theoretical findings are presented along with analytic solutions to many of the equations used in distributed pore modeling....

This work compares for the first time the physical and chemical characteristics of activated carbons produced from glucose and hydrothermally carbonized glucose, as well as their performance as electrodes in supercapacitors in aqueous electrolyte (H2SO4). Both KOH-activated carbons exhibit similar textural properties, with BET surface areas of ~ 1400-1500 m/g and a pore volume of ~ 0.70 cm/g, t...

Blood concentrations of ICI 35 868 have been determined in rat, pig, rabbit and cat after single i.v. injections. In all species the initial distribution volume was greater than blood volume and the overall distribution volume was large. Half-lives of the distribution phase were extremely short (1-6 min) and the terminal half-lives were also short (16-55 min). In all species examined a correlat...

Different types of activated carbon were prepared by chemical activation of brewer's spent grain (BSG) lignin using H(3)PO(4) at various acid/lignin ratios (1, 2, or 3g/g) and carbonization temperatures (300, 450, or 600 degrees C), according to a 2(2) full-factorial design. The resulting materials were characterized with regard to their surface area, pore volume, and pore size distribution, an...

A novel utilization method of filter residue from the preparation process of zeolite-based catalysts was investigated. Y zeolite and a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst were synthesized from filter residue. Compared to the Y zeolite synthesized by the conventional method, the Y zeolite synthesized from filter residue exhibited better thermal stability. The catalyst possessed wide-pore dis...

The paper is devoted to the homogenization of porous piezoelectric materials saturated by electrically inert fluid. The solid part of a representative volume element consists of the piezoelectric skeleton with embedded conductors. The pore fluid in the periodic structure can constitute a single connected domain, or an array of inclusions. Also the conducting parts are represented by several mut...

The kaolinite (Douala, Cameroun) (named D0M) was activated with HCl 0.5M at 25°C for 24h (named D05M) to obtain optimum parameters for imparting a maximum power toward facial mask. The natural and activated samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray Dispersive Energy Spectroscopy (XDE), X Fluorescence (XF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), by Fourier Transform Infrared Spec...